Reviewing Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG) & SOS (NYSE:SOS)

Stronghold Digital Mining (NASDAQ:SDIG) and SOS (NYSE:SOS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Stronghold Digital Mining has a beta of 2.9, indicating that its stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SOS has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.3% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of SOS shares are held by institutional investors. 21.1% of Stronghold Digital Mining shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of SOS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Stronghold Digital Mining and SOS, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stronghold Digital Mining	0	2	1	0	2.33
SOS	0	0	0	0	N/A

Stronghold Digital Mining currently has a consensus target price of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 39.99%. Given Stronghold Digital Mining’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Stronghold Digital Mining is more favorable than SOS.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Stronghold Digital Mining and SOS”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stronghold Digital Mining	$74.97 million	0.99	-$71.40 million	($4.62)	-0.95
SOS	$111.12 million	0.09	-$3.65 million	N/A	N/A

SOS has higher revenue and earnings than Stronghold Digital Mining.

Profitability

This table compares Stronghold Digital Mining and SOS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stronghold Digital Mining	-7.61%	40.15%	12.99%
SOS	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Stronghold Digital Mining beats SOS on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Stronghold Digital Mining

Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., a crypto asset mining company, focuses on Bitcoin mining in the United States. It operates in two segments, Energy Operations and Cryptocurrency Operations. It also owns and operates coal refuse power generation facilities; and provides environmental remediation and reclamation services. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About SOS

SOS Limited provides data mining and analysis services to corporate and individual members in the People's Republic of China. It provides marketing data, technology, and solutions for insurance companies; emergency rescue services; and insurance product and health care information portals. The company operates SOS cloud emergency rescue service software as a service platform that offers basic cloud products, such as medical rescue, auto rescue, financial rescue, and life rescue cards; cooperative cloud systems, including information rescue center, intelligent big data, and intelligent software and hardware; and information cloud systems, such as newsToday and E-commerce Today, 10086 hot-line center, information security services, and marketing-related data. It also focuses on cryptocurrency mining, blockchain-based insurance, and security management businesses. The company serves insurance companies, financial institutions, medical institutions, healthcare providers, and other service providers in the emergency rescue services industry. The company is based in Qingdao, the People's Republic of China.